Casalgrande Padana’s Pietre Native line now includes Pietre Rare, completely unglazed porcelain stoneware featuring highly technological specifications created thanks to constantly evolving studies to achieve designer effects. Result of in-depth research into the formal, textural and styling aspects of the material targeted on achieving a natural effect, the Pietre Rare series includes 2 formats, i.e. 30x60 and 60x60, three surface finishes (matt, polished and bush-hammered) and four soft shades ranging from brown to grey, through to the warm tines of beige. The full-bodied structure, grading, veining, chromatic effects, textures and structure reflect the same characteristics as the stone materials they resemble (Pietra Piasentina, Pietra di Lucenra and Pietra di Borgogna), while the performance levels are actually superior to those in nature.
The high quality materials used and the very thick slabs (10.5 mm) render the surfaces incomparably compact. This makes Pietre Rare easy to clean and practically indestructible when it comes to physical and chemical stress. The patterning and veining vary from tile to tile and penetrate right through the thickness of the material, thus each slab can be worked as though it were natural stone. Similarly to the other Pietre Native series, Pietre Rare can be used for both indoor and outdoor floors and walls, for residential buildings, large areas in shopping centers, in public buildings and urban design, for the most complex and complicated modern constructions as well as for renovating and refurbishing old buildings. But the materials in the Pietre Rare series are also environmentally sustainable. In actual fact, Casalgrande Padana has always conducted research into pioneering technologies able to produce high-performance materials with a low impact on the environment, as testified by the ISO 14001 and Emas certifications it has obtained.